''Talk on Corners'' is the second studio album by Irish

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band

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. It was released on 17 October 1997 by 143,

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and Atlantic Records. Preceded by

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" Only When I Sleep", which became a top ten hit internationally, the album was an immediate commercial success in several territories, including Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Its commercial performance elsewhere was initially modest, however. The Corrs' entire concert from the Royal Albert Hall was broadcast live the following year on

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, where they were joined during their performance of "

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" by Fleetwood Mac drummer

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. This event did much to raise the band's international profile. A remixed version of "Dreams" went on to become their first top ten hit on the

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. The record was reissued the following month to include the song as a bonus track. This would be the first of several different editions of ''Talk on Corners'' to be released over the album's two-year-long promotional cycle. Over this period, the band released a string of increasingly successful hit singles, culminating with a

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remix of " Runaway" peaking at number two in the UK. The Corrs also toured extensively to promote the record: the Talk on Corners World Tour saw them perform almost 160 concerts across twelve separate legs. The album spent ten weeks at number one in the UK. It ended its run as the highest-selling album of the year, and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time there, as well as the highest-selling album ever by an Irish act.

Background and recording

The Corrs began work on new material in

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in July 1996, initially under the supervision of producer

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. Lead vocalist

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has described the making of ''Talk on Corners'' as being "a struggle", with the band put under pressure by Atlantic Records to deliver a successful follow-up to their 1995 debut album '' Forgiven, Not Forgotten''. Their manager John Hughes cited second album syndrome as a common source of pressure for all recording artists, but said further demands came from the label, who were concerned that none of the songs they were being presented with seemed like potential hit singles. The label disliked " What Can I Do" and " So Young", particularly the latter, and the band had to fight hard for their inclusion on the album. Additional co-writers and producers were brought in to help improve the album's hit potential, including

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, Oliver Leiber,

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. In May 1997, the finalised album was delivered to Atlantic, who were unimpressed by the material and ordered the band to continue recording new tracks. When they refused, the label threatened to sue the band for breach of contract. This dispute was only resolved when John Hughes signed a contract guaranteeing future album sales, with the manager being held personally liable if ''Talk on Corners'' failed to yield a profit for Atlantic.

Composition and style

''Talk on Corners'' is predominantly a

album, although it also incorporates elements of Celtic and

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. Andrea Corr was the album's primary lyricist, co-writing numerous songs with established composers and producers: she co-wrote "Queen of Hollywood" with Glen Ballard, best known for co-writing

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's "

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" (1987) as well as for co-writing and producing the Alanis Morissette album ''

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'' (1995). "Intimacy" was co-written by

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guitarist Neil Giraldo, and Billy Steinberg—the writer of hit singles including Madonna's " Like a Virgin" (1984) and "

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" by

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(1989). Several songs on the record were co-written and produced by Oliver Leiber, the son of composer Jerry Leiber, who, alongside Mike Stoller, co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the fifties and sixties, including

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's " Hound Dog" (1953) and " Jailhouse Rock" (1957) as well as

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's " Stand by Me" (1961). Their cover of the Jimi Hendrix song "

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" features Irish folk collective

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. The album's title is derived from a lyric in the song "Queen of Hollywood".

Critical reception

The record received generally positive reviews from music critics.

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writer Becky Byrkit rated it four stars out of five and praised the band for their vocal harmonies, as well as the album's consistency, writing that "each and every cut sounds wired for radio play". She highlighted their cover of "Little Wing" as being the album's "best and most spirited Celtic cut". Stephen Segerman of South African music magazine ''Rock'' rated the album eight out of ten, and complimented it for incorporating a "fuller and rockier atmosphere han ''Forgiven, Not Forgotten''. He also praised the record for containing "generous sprinklings of traditional Irish sounds and touches", which he said helped enhance the material. The special edition of the album received mixed reviews from the American music press. James Hunter of ''

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'' criticised Ballard's production on "Queen of Hollywood" for "forcing an Alanis-like edge where it's unneeded", and called the David Foster-produced tracks "goofy", but said that "Otherwise, this is a high-flying reintroduction to some blue chip popsters." A writer for ''

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'' was critical of the re-release, as well as the remixed tracks, calling it "A collection of pretty, pop-lite tunes that could use more Celtic flavoring and less studio gloss, the album is best when harking back to the sounds of the Old

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: reeling fiddles, soaring harmonies and the haunting tin whistle played by sister Andrea. Her lead vocals are as pretty to listen to as she and her sisters are to look at, but the string-sweetened arrangements are as bland and flat as a Dublin car park." British rock magazine ''

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'' have retrospectively been highly critical of the album, placing it at number three in their 2014 list of "25 unfathomably popular albums of the 90's". The album also appeared in a 2016 article titled "8 of the all-time best-selling albums in the UK

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have no redeeming features whatsoever".

Release and commercial performance

The original edition of the album was released internationally on 17 October 1997, and was an immediate commercial success in several territories. Within five months of release, ''Talk on Corners'' had sold over a million copies worldwide, and was certified sextuple platinum in their home country, as well as double platinum in Australia and Spain, platinum in Denmark and New Zealand, and gold in both Japan and Sweden. Its commercial success elsewhere was initially modest, however, with the album debuting at number 23 in France and at number 56 in Germany. In the UK, it debuted at number 7, but would fall out of the top forty there within a month of release. " Only When I Sleep" and " I Never Loved You Anyway" were released as the album's first two singles, with the former becoming a top ten hit in Ireland, while both songs peaked within the top forty of the Australian Singles Chart. "What Can I Do" was released as the album's third single, and also went on to be a top forty hit in Ireland. All three singles failed to reach the top forty of the

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joined the band at their concert in the Royal Albert Hall on 17 March 1998 during their performance of "

", which the band had recently contributed to the album ''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours''. The entire concert was broadcast live on

as part of that organisation's coverage of

, and the event did much to raise the band's profile. The cover would become the Corrs' first top forty hit in the UK, after it peaked at number six. The following month, ''Talk on Corners'' was reissued in numerous territories with "Dreams" included as a bonus track, and the album finally peaked at number one in the UK on 21 June 1998, its 35th week on the chart. This edition of the album was the first to be released in the United States. It was released on 5 May, and peaked at number 17 on '' Billboard''s

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. '' The Corrs: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' was released in August.

''Talk on Corners: Special Edition''

A special edition of the record was released internationally on 9 November 1998. This revised edition contained five remixed tracks, several of which were then released or re-released as singles. The previously released remix of "Dreams" by

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was included, along with a previously unreleased

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remix of "So Young", as well as an alternate mix of "I Never Loved You Anyway". English

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duo

remixed a further two tracks: "What Can I Do" and " Runaway"—a song from their debut album. Tin Tin Out enlisted European string ensemble the Duke Quartet to provide orchestration for both tracks. The former would go on to become the Corrs' first top three hit in the UK when it was released as a single, while the remix of "Runaway" became their highest-peaking single yet, after it peaked at number two behind Britney Spears' " ...Baby One More Time". "Dreams", "So Young" and "What Can I Do" have all been certified silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 200,000 copies each, while "Runaway" has been certified gold for sales of over 400,000 copies. As of 2017, "What Can I Do" has sold 351,000 copies in the UK. Following the success of the album in Europe and Australasia, an abridged version of the special edition was released in the US on 16 February 1999, and peaked at number 72 on the ''Billboard'' 200. To promote this edition, the band performed as the opening act on several dates of

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the '' Late Show with David Letterman''. ''The Corrs: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' was repeatedly aired on

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. This edition was the highest-selling incarnation of the album in several territories. ''Talk on Corners'' would go on to spend a total of ten weeks at number one on the

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. On its final week atop the chart there, on the chart dated 4 April 1999, ''Forgiven, Not Forgotten'' reached a new peak of number two. It ended 1998 as the UK's highest-selling album, and was also the eighth highest-selling album of 1999. As of 2016, ''Talk on Corners'' has sold over 2.96 million copies in the UK, and remains the highest-selling album of all time by an Irish act there, as well as one of the best-selling albums of all time in the country. Similarly, it was certified 20× platinum in Ireland, indicating shipments in excess of 300,000 units, and remains the highest-certified album of all time there, as well as the twelfth best-selling album ever. In 2001, the record was certified sextuple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments in excess of 6 million units throughout Europe.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer. * signifies an additional producer. * signifies a remixer.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Talk of Corners''. * Recorded at Peak Studios, Westland Studios and

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in Dublin, Ireland; Ollywood Studios in Hollywood; Chartmaker, Inc. Studio in Malibu; A&M Studios, Aerowave Studio, Mulhulland Studio, Rafelson Recording Studio and the Record Plant in Los Angeles between July 1996 and May 1997. * All songs mixed by

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, except: "Dreams" mixed by

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and "Don't Say You Love Me" mixed by Mick Guzauski. * Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios. The Corrs *

– lead vocals,

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, arrangements *

Sharon Corr Sharon Helga Corr MBE (born 24 March 1970) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality. She is best known as a member of the pop-rock band The Corrs, which she co-founded in 1990 with her elder brother Jim and younger si ...

– violin, backing vocals, arrangements * Caroline Corr – drums,

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, backing vocals, arrangements *

Jim Corr James Steven Ignatius Corr, (born 31 July 1964) is an Irish musician, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is a member of the Irish folk/rock band The Corrs, the other members being his three younger sisters Andrea, Sharon and Caroline. Musical c ...

– guitars, keyboards, accordion, piano, backing vocals, arrangements, programming,

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Musicians *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

– drums (track 12) *

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–

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(track 11) * Dane Deviller – guitars, programming,

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, co-production (track 12) *

Anthony Drennan Anthony "Anto" Drennan (born on 1 November 1958) is an English-born Irish guitarist noted for his involvement with the Corrs, Genesis and Mike + the Mechanics among others. Drennan is from a musical Irish family and was born in Luton, England ...

– guitars (tracks 4, 6, 14) *

Keith Duffy Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mik ...

– bass guitar (track 14) *

– synthesizer bass (track 11); keyboards, arrangements, production * John Gilutin – keyboards (track 8) * Sean Hosein – synthesizer, programming, engineering, co-production (track 12) * Jeff Hull – keyboards, string arrangement and conduction (track 11) * Suzy Katayama –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

(track 11) *

Matt Laug Matt Laug (born March 17, 1968) is an American drummer who has played with many bands/artists such as Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, Slash's Snakepit and Vasco Rossi. Matt moved to Los Angeles after graduating from South Florence High School ...

– drums (tracks 1, 8, 9) * Oliver Leiber – guitars, programming, engineering, production * Lance Morrison – bass guitar (track 8, 12) *

Rick Nowels Richard Wright Nowels Jr. is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger. He has co-written and co-produced over 90 hit singles with multiple artists Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– guitars (tracks 8, 12) * Paul Peterson – bass guitar and keyboards (tracks 1, 9) *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...

– guitars (track 5, 13); mandolin (track 13) * John Robinson – drums (tracks 5, 7, 13) *

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– guitars (tracks 1, 8, 9);

electric mandolin The electric mandolin is an instrument tuned and played as the mandolin and amplified in similar fashion to an electric guitar. As with electric guitars, electric mandolins take many forms. Most common is a carved-top eight-string instrument fit ...

(track 9) * Michael Thompson – guitars (tracks 2, 7); organ (track 12) * Lisa Wagner – cello (track 11) *

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– drums (track 6) *

(on track 14): * Derek Bell – harp *

Kevin Conneff Kevin Conneff (born 8 January 1945) is an Irish singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and bodhrán player of Irish folk group; The Chieftains. He joined the group in 1976 after contributing to their album '' The Chieftains 6 ...

– bodhrán * Martin Fay – fiddle * Seán Keane – fiddle *

Matt Molloy Matt Molloy (born 12 January 1947) is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at nineteen. Considered one of the most brilliant ...

– flute *

Paddy Moloney Paddy Moloney ( ga, Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. He was part ...

– Celtic arrangement,

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and tin whistle Technical *

– production (track 12) * Philip Begley – engineering (track 3) * George Black – programming (track 11) * Blinkk – photography *

Bryan Carrigan Bryan Carrigan is an American music producer, engineer, and electronic musician that has been involved in the production of studio albums and film scores. Carrigan is also known for serving multiple roles in the recording studio as music editor, ...

– engineering (track 12) * Felipe Elgueta – engineering, synth programming (tracks 2, 5, 7, 13) * Chris Fogel – engineering (track 12) * Stuart Grusin –

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(track 3) * John Hughes – production (track 14) * Yazuru Koyanazi – recording assistant (track 11) * Al Lay – recording assistant (track 11) * Tim Martin – engineering (track 14) * Brian Masterson – engineering (track 14) * Leo Pearson – co-production, engineering (track 10); programming (tracks 2, 4–6, 10) * Peter Rafelson – co-production, programming (track 3) * David Reitzaz – engineering (tracks 5, 7, 13) * Colleen Reynolds – production coordinator (track 11) * Larry Robinson – additional production (track 10) * Brenda Rotheiser – art direction and design * Barry Rudolph – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9) * Matt Silva – mix engineering (track 3) * Billy Steinberg – production (track 11) * Randall Wine – engineering (track 11)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

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